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Chrystia Freeland details in $8.9B in financial supports in major economic speech

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is delivering her first major speech since the budget today, outlining $8.9 billion in financial supports her government has introduced already to help Canadians deal with rising inflation.

“We know that Canadians are worried about inflation and that they’re asking what their government is going to do about it,” Freeland said in a media statement.

“That’s why we have a new Affordability Plan — $8.9 billion in new support this year — that is going to put more money in the pockets of Canadians at a time when they need it most.”

She sounds very silly.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Canada’s military police charge retired lieutenant-general with sexual assault

Canada’s military police have charged recently retired Lt.-Gen. Trevor Cadieu — who had been tapped to lead the army late last year — with two counts of sexual assault.

The Canadian Forces Provost Marshal announced the charges in a press release on Wednesday, saying the charges were laid by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service.

… Cadieu is currently in Ukraine where he has been serving as a senior advisor to the Ukrainian military after suddenly retiring from the Canadian Forces in April. In a statement, Cadieu said he is returning and will cooperate with the judicial process.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

The U.S. sees Canada in 3Ds, and that’s not good

… There are very few things Republicans and Democrats see eye-to-eye on these days so we should take note when there’s an emerging bipartisan consensus about Canada. When U.S. officials look at Canada through both red and blue lenses, three “Ds” pop out at them: dairy imports, digital taxes and defence spending.

These three “Ds” pose a particular risk to the Canada-U.S. relationship because, in each case, the White House and Congress believe Canada isn’t following through on commitments we’ve made to them. Whatever our own understanding of Canadian policies in these areas, to the Americans it looks like we’re going back on our word.

I blame Junior.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Scathing report highlights multiple failings that led to laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars in B.C.

Money Laundering

An 1,800 page report commissioned by the provincial government has found hundreds of millions of dollars of cash was laundered through B.C. casinos between 2008 and 2018.

The report by Austin Cullen is the result of 133 days of hearings, where the Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia heard testimony from 199 witnesses.

Cullen was highly critical of the B.C. Lottery Corporation and several provincial ministers responsible for gaming for not doing enough to stop the rampant money laundering, which he says was happening in plain sight.

It’s a feature not a bug.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Crime

Today in “Who Gives A Crap” – New poll suggests Liberal, NDP voters prefer Charest and Brown over Poilievre

New polling suggests Liberal and New Democrat voters think Jean Charest or Patrick Brown would make the best leader of the federal Conservative party.

The data released by the research firm Leger is based on an online survey it did of 1,528 Canadian adults last weekend using computer-assisted web interviewing technology.

It cannot be assigned a margin of error because internet-based polls are not considered random samples.

Slime likes slime;)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Rob Huebert: Denmark’s gunboat diplomacy over Hans Island a warning for future Arctic conflicts

The resolution of the Danish-Canadian Hans Island dispute is being recognized as an important step forward in resolving one of our enduring Arctic sovereignty disputes. But many of the media accounts of the dispute omit an important part of the story.

… In 2002, the good-natured exchanged of booze and flags that had characterized the dispute was completely upended when the Danes used an ice-capable frigate, the HDMS Vaedderen, to land troops on the island. Despite Canadian pleas not to repeat these escalatory actions, they did it again in 2003 with her sister ship, the Triton.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Denmark, WTF?

Key ‘Freedom Convoy’ figure pleads guilty to counselling mischief, released from jail

Tyson “Freedom George” Billings emerged from the Ottawa courthouse Wednesday brandishing a Canada flag to a torrent of cheers and airhorns after pleading guilty to a charge related to the convoy protest that seized the city earlier this year.

Billings spent 116 days in jail before pleading guilty to counselling to commit mischief. Other charges, including intimidation, obstructing police, mischief and disobeying a court order, were withdrawn by the Crown.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Governor General, guests rack up $100K in-flight catering bill during Dubai trip

OTTAWA — Canada’s vice-regal racked up a nearly $100,000 catering bill on board a government aircraft during a recent week-long trip to the Middle East.

An order paper question submitted by Conservative MP Michael Barrett shows Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and her 29 fellow passengers using $93,117.89 in catering services aboard an RCAF CC-150 Polaris during her March 16 to March 24 trip to Expo 2020 in Dubai.

Can anyone explain why this token figurehead needs to meet with anyone abroad? Did they find potential mass graves in Dubai?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, WTF?

Mohammedan linked to terrorist group calls to abolish Canada terror list at event on Ottawa city property

PFLP-tied “Canadian” Khaled Barakat complained that Hezbollah, Hamas and PFLP were seen by Canada as terrorist organizations.

Canada’s list of terrorist organizations should be abolished, said Khaled Barakat — The subject of controversy in Canada for his alleged ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization — at the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) in Canada’s 5th assembly at the Ottawa city-owned Foster Farm Community Centre on June 3.

“It has to be abolished,” Barakat said at the event. He complained that Hezbollah, Hamas and PFLP we officially recognized by Canada as terrorist organizations.

“Canada is listing Palestinians and Arab organizations on the so-called terrorist list,” he said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Israeli - Islam Conflict

When Canadian flags are offensive, it’s time to clean up Ontario’s schools

The Canadian flag is now offensive to some of the powers that be in Ontario’s education system. Last week, a school principal sent home a letter warning parents that their child was about to be offered a free Canadian flag and if they didn’t want to receive one, they should send the attached form back.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Peak Woke", Canada, WTF?

Bogus Parliament Hill bomb tip targeted organizers of Sikh demonstration: sources

Evidence suggests these two have internalized the white man’s racism.

The bogus Parliament Hill bomb threat targeted organizers of a Sikh rally planned for Saturday, with four law enforcement sources telling Global News the tip was related to “Sikh extremism.”

Manveer Singh and Parminder Singh, two organizers of an event to commemorate the 1984 massacre of Sikhs in India, were the two suspects detained after police received what they believed to be “credible” information of explosives in vehicles near the parliamentary precinct.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Diversity", Canada, Terrorism - Domestic, WTF?

Nearly 1 in 4 homeowners would have to sell if interest rates rise more, survey finds

TORONTO – Nearly one in four homeowners say they will have to sell their home if interest rates go up further, according to a new debt survey from Manulife Bank of Canada.

The survey, conducted between April 14 and April 20, also found that 18 per cent of homeowners polled are already at a stage where they can’t afford their homes.

Over one in five Canadians expect rising interest rates to have a “significant negative impact” on their overall mortgage, debt and financial situation, the survey found.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Two-Thirds of Canadians on Right of Political Spectrum Think Media Doesn’t Provide Fair Coverage: Survey

Two-thirds of Canadians on the right of the political spectrum say that most stories in the news cover their beliefs unfairly, while less than one-quarter of Canadians on the left of that spectrum say the same, a recent survey found.

The survey also found that two-thirds of Canadians on the right say they don’t trust most of the stories in the news, while only one-fifth of Canadians on the left say the same.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, The Media, The Media Lies

Parliament Hill evacuation in Ottawa may have been prompted by hoax or bad tip, sources say

An investigation into a “potential threat” that led to the lockdown of Parliament Hill for a time was in its second day Sunday, after police in Ottawa determined there was no danger to public safety.

Police initially deemed that the threat Saturday afternoon was credible. Members of Parliament, senators and their staff were told to “shelter in place” as officers closed off streets while they investigated a “suspicious incident” and a “potential threat in the Parliament Hill area.”

Since then, multiple sources briefed on the situation have told CBC News that police are now investigating whether the source of the threat was a hoax. They’re also trying to determine if the tip that led to the massive police response was just a bad tip, according to the sources, who spoke on the condition they not be named because they’re not authorized to go on the record.

I watched the breathless headlines on the weekend and my gut kept telling me hoax or dry run.

Related… The gig is up! Feds need a new look for covert operations of a suspicious nature

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?